"Katherine, come on please, wake up!" I heard someone beg and then I felt something on my lips. "Katherine please." They said again and I felt hands on my chest. I woke with a start coughing and spitting up water. "Oh, thank god!" As I looked around I found that I was laying by the side of the pool Xander above me.
Quickly I sat straight up and looked around remembering what had happened.
"Hey, hey" Xander said as he wrapped his arms around me. "It's ok, they are gone, they ran off as soon as I got in the water."
"Did you see who it was?" I asked turning so I was face to face with him.
"No I had dove in after you." Xander said.
"Hey you saved two slayers from drowning," I joked. "They should give you a medal." I said and suddenly I felt a huge wave of emotion hit me as I looked at Xander.
"Well, you know it's all in the days' work of being Xander Harris…" He started when I quickly slammed my lips onto his. Xander suddenly pulled away and looked at me eyes wide. "I thought you said you didn't want our first kiss to be in the high school."
"Yeah well, a lot changes when you save a girl's life." I smiled as I pulled him back in for another kiss. As we broke apart I shivered realizing how cold it was.
"Oh yeah, you're probably freezing, we should probably get back to the library to grab our clothes. I'll grab you a towel though." He said as he quickly got up and ran into the men's locker room.
I smiled to myself as I bit my lip. I hated to say it but I was falling head over heels for Xander. Suddenly I felt that stinging pain in my head and I closed my eyes and opened them to see I was back in Victorian time. This time I was outside sitting on some stone steps, Spike right beside me sobbing. And then there was another older woman next to him.
"William dearest," The woman said as she pulled him into her. "Everything is going to be alright," She cooed.
"I'm going to find whoever did this mother, and I'm going to rip them to pieces." He said still sobbing. Suddenly I turned around to see a body being carried out on a cloth gurney. Spike let out another blood curdling cry as he stood up and followed the gurney. I could see that the woman had brown hair that was curled but there was blood in her hair.
Spike ran his fingers through her hair and that's when I noticed he was in a fancy black suit that was covered in blood. "I'm sorry," He sobbed. "I'm so sorry, but I'll get whoever did this to you." Then he leaned in and whispered something before kissing the woman. I got up and went to go see who was on the gurney. Just as I was about to see who it was Spike turned around and grabbed my arms. "What are you doing?" He said his face void of emotions.
Suddenly my head began to hurt and I grabbed my head closing my eyes. When I opened them again I found that it was Xander holding me and not Spike.
"What are you doing?" He asked. "Are you ok?" Then he handed me a towel which I wrapped around myself.
"Yeah I just stood up to fast." I said and Xander put his arm around my waist and helped me back to the library.
"Do you think it was one of Drusilla's men." Xander asked as we got into the library.
"Probably," I sighed as I shivered and Xander pulled me close to him again. "Thank you."
He slowly leaned in and kissed me putting his hand on my cheek as he did so.
"I love you." I said before I knew what I was saying.
Xander quickly pulled back and looked at me. "Kat?" He asked as he stared into my eyes.
"I'm sorry, I know it's really soon, but I just, you…" I said not being about to finish my thought as Xander placed his lips on mine.
"I love you too." He smiled and I pulled him in for another kiss.
"Buffy killed Ted!" A voice said.
And I quickly turned around to see my father standing in the doorway staring at Xander angrily.
"Buffy did what!" Xander exclaimed as he stood up.
I could see my father's dart between Xander and the closet where the weapons were stored.
"Xander sit down." I said and Xander suddenly looked down and realized what he was wearing.
"Oh shit," He panicked. "I mean, Giles we didn't…"
"Daddy." I said as I wrapped the towel around myself as I ran to my dad. "It's not what you think, we went for a swim, and then I got attacked by one of Drusilla's men and Xander saved me. That's it, I promise." I said. My father still glared at Xander but I was no longer worried that he was going to kill him. "Now what happened with Buffy?"
"She killed Ted." My dad said.
"How what happened?" Xander asked as he wrapped the towel around him and came over and stood next to me.
"I don't know, she never showed up for patrol so I went to go to her house and there were ambulances and police everywhere. So I asked some people and they said that a man had been killed and I saw Joyce crying.
"Oh my God." Xander gasped.
"Ted must have attacked her right, that's the only way that Buffy would have killed him right, right." I said panicking.
"I don't know Katherine, I just…" My dad said as he ran his fingers through his hair.
"We have to go to her house." I said as I started towards the door.
"No she's not at home."
"What do you mean?" Xander asked.
"They took her down to the station." My father responded
"They arrested her!" I exclaimed.
"No, we don't know that, they just took her down to ask her some questions."
"But they could arrest her right, she could get arrested, oh my God, what happens if she gets arrested, but it wasn't on purpose it was probably and accident or self-defense. Buffy wouldn't…" I said and I felt as though I was going to hyperventilate.
"Katherine you need to calm down, we aren't going to know anything until the morning. We need to head home and try to sleep." My father said. "Grab you clothes. Xander do you need a ride home."
"Um…" Xander started looking at me questioningly.
"Yeah I don't think it would be wise to walk home by yourself." I insisted.
We took Xander home none of us saying a word in the car, and then my father and I went home. He would barely look at me. I tried to get him to talk to me. I asked him questions but the only I answer I kept getting was "I don't know."
"Dad, please say something other than I don't know." I said but he didn't say anything. "Daddy please, I know your upset with me."
"Oh I'm more than upset, I'm furious." He growled.
"Because of the Xander thing or the Jenny thing?" I asked.
"Katherine, why do you make everything so hard." He asked and I had no idea how to answer so that ended our conversation.
Needless to say I didn't sleep that night.
